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1988 term · Rehnquist Court · 9-0

Chan et al. v. Korean Air Lines, Ltd.

490 U.S. 122 · 109 S. Ct. 1676 · 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2026

The record

Term
1988
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
87-1055
U.S. Reports
490 U.S. 122
S. Ct. citation
109 S. Ct. 1676
LEXIS citation
1989 U.S. LEXIS 2026

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 4 concurring

How each justice voted in Chan et al. v. Korean Air Lines, Ltd.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensSpecial concurrence

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